This fantastic collection of stories includes Cathy Cassidy's four e-shorts, available in print for the very first time:Chocolates and Flowers, Hopes and Dreams, Moon and Stars and Snowflakes and Wishes.These delicious stories follow some of your favourite characters from the series: Alfie, Jodie, Finch and Lawrie. A must-have for all fans of the Chocolate Box Girls! Views: 33
TO TAME A HIGHLAND EARL by Tarah Scott
A man torn between two worlds. Both need him… neither wants him.
Groomed for a life amongst the English aristocracy, Lord Erroll Rushton is unexpectedly thrust back into his father’s Scottish world when the Englishwoman he compromises refuses to marry him.
No gentleman breaks into a lady’s bedchamber...but then, no lady sleeps with a pistol under her pillow.
Miss Eve Crenshaw will marry for love or won’t marry at all. When London’s most notorious rakehell breaks into Eve’s bedroom in the dead of night and compromises her beyond repair, she plans a daring elopement that shocks even the earl.
HIGHLANDER IN HER BED by Allie Mackay
Tour guide Mara MacDougall stops at a London antique shop-and spots perhaps the handsomest bed ever. Then she bumps into the handsomest man ever. Soon Mara can't forget the irresistible-if haughty-Highlander. Not even when she learns that she's inherited a Scottish castle.
Spectral Sir Alexander Douglas has hated the Clan MacDougall since he was a medieval knight and they tricked him into a curse-the curse of forever haunting the bed (the very one that Mara now owns) that was once intended for his would-be bride. But Mara makes him feel what no other MacDougall has-a passion that he never knew he'd missed.
RESCUED BY THE CELTIC WARRIOR by Amy Jarecki
When Hadrian's Wall falls, Valeria's world shatters. Captured by savages, she prays the Romans will find her—but it’s Taran, a Celtic warrior who rides to her rescue. Though the world beyond the Empire is fraught with danger and brutality, the tattooed barbarian ignites an unquenchable flame of passion that cannot be denied.
THE DARING HEART by Carmen Caine
How can a man even court a lass longer than a fortnight when there are so many pouting lips to kiss? Roaming the courts of Europe, Julian appears to spend his time drinking wine, wagering gold, and dandling willing lasses upon his knee. But no one knows the man behind the mask. No one knows that he is Le Marin—Europe’s most daring and brazen spy.
But everything changes the night he finds a dagger pressed against his ribs and an alluring hazel-eyed minx in his bed.
Born into the Vindictam, the renowned Venetian family of assassins, Liselle dreams of the day she will be allowed to practice the family craft. And when she is sent to the Scottish court, her dream is finally realized. But is it an honor … or a curse?
As the threat of civil war looms over Scotland, and the king's own brother conspires with the English to put himself on the Scottish throne, Julian can’t help but be distracted by the mysterious Venetian beauty and her many secrets.
But will it be his undoing?
HEART OF THE HIGHLANDS:THE BEAST by April Holthaus
Ian MacKay has one mission; to defend the crown no matter the cost. Along with his men, Ian’s mission is to hunt down one of the most dangerous men in the Highlands. But when the daughter of an enemy enters his life, his heart becomes captured instead.
Keira Sinclair has lived a life of peace and simplicity until now. With her clan on the verge of losing everything, she is forced to wed a Laird from a neighboring clan to ensure that hers survives. During her travels to her new home, her carriage is attacked and Keira is taken hostage by a ruthless man.
Caught in the middle of a war that she does not understand, will Keira's secrets be safe, or will she succumb to the Highland warrior who now threatens to capture her heart?
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A football player is shot dead in front of a packed crowd of people. DS
Jason Smith is put in charge of the investigation. The murder weapon is
found in a house across the road from the football ground. It is a rare
Russian army issue sniper rifle. The investigation hits dead end
after dead end and two government agents arrive to take over, pushing
Smith and his colleagues to the side. As more people die Smith quickly
realises these agents are not who they claim to be. He is forced into
the dark world of these phantoms and he finds himself at the mercy of
his old nemesis; the man who kidnapped his sister years earlier. Views: 33
Azurmouth! In all the Old World there is no city so vast, so sprawling . . . or so dangerous. Half-goblin boy Joseph Grubb has come to find the truth about his parents. His friend Tabitha has followed him across the ocean, hoping to protect him from the deadly white-coated butchers of the League of the Light. Meanwhile her guardian Captain Newton is determined to recover an ancient artifact stolen by the League's sinister Duke of Garran. But in Azurmouth nothing is as it seems. Old enemies will rise. Long-buried secrets will be uncovered. And the League will awaken an ancient power, threatening the Old World with a terrifying new dawn. Soon Joseph, Tabitha and Newton will have to face their deepest fears, and a final reckoning, at the Hero's Tomb . . . Views: 33
Rock star Jack Reed has secrets. He's kept his first marriage to a girl he met at Woodstock, and their son, under wraps for decades. Now his child has tracked him down wanting answers. Former hippie Sally Ford never fully recovered from Jack's betrayal of their family. She believes he put his career first then and will again, leading to another shattered ending. Jack and Sally's first meeting is combustible. Can they confront their past and overcome a history of deceit and manipulation to find peace and love? Views: 33
India, Bride of Indiana, is 19th in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.After losing her job in a textile factory in Lawrence, along with a hundred or so other women, including her sister, India Mitchell has resigned herself to answering an ad to be a mail-order bride. India Mitchell's sister Beth, and her mother have already moved west, and now it's India's turn.The only ad that appealed to her was from a man in South Bend, Indiana. Richard Blake is a widower with two young children. He stated in the ad that he lost his wife in a fire and was badly burned. Because of this, he doesn't expect to find love again. But his children need a mother and for their sake, he agrees to place an ad for a mail order bride. He makes it clear though that he is not looking for a true wife. There will be no romance in this relationship, he is simply looking for someone to care for his home and children and in return, he can offer financial security.Everyone in South Bend gives India a warm welcome, except for Richard's mother, Kay, who was hoping to match him with her best friend's annoying daughter, Olivia. Olivia isn't letting a little thing like a marriage get in her way either. She's not ready to give up on marrying Richard either!As India gets to know the quiet man who is now her husband, she sees beyond his scars to the beautiful man within. Richard inspires her with his giving nature and India looks for a way to give back to her community as well.A heart-warming, historical romance loosely inspired by the Beauty and the Beast fairytale. Views: 33
Grant Legate had a good life. Eventually, Murphy’s Law kicked him in the teeth. Just once was enough to set him back for almost three years. He lost his fiancee, was fired from his prior job, and is only now stable enough to stand on his own two feet. Meanwhile the rest of the world moved on, growing enamored of a virtual reality game that allowed its players to completely submerge in a fantasy land. This alternate world has helped many others see to the core of who they are. By giving them an outlet to be the hero, play the villain, explore a new world and innovate its setting. Grant Legate will get a chance to play, and see who he really is when push comes to shove. Learning rules for a new world isn’t easy, especially when nothing is as straightforward as it seems. The machine has a plan, and Grant’s just one of the many cogs turning the wheels.** Views: 33
Though they've yet to meet face to face, Maya has had a secret crush on Xavier, the man who owns a wine café that the winery she works for distributes to. But being that Xavier is involved, she'd never reveal her feelings. Xavier's previous relationship has left him wrung out emotionally. Needing to get away for awhile, he decides to drive to Napa and visit the winery that produces one of the best selling wines at his café. And finally get the opportunity to meet the woman with the sweet little voice. One email and four little words stands to flip their love lives on its head and when Maya and Xavier meet for the first time, both are blindsided by the attraction they feel for one another. Springtime and wine make a beautiful backdrop for two people on a romantic journey to love...** Views: 33
The one that got away! Pediatrician Caitlin Braemar has moved back home to Buckinghamshire for a fresh start! She never expected to find her first love, Brodie Driscoll—who’s still drop-dead gorgeous—living next door…or that he’d be her new boss! In the past, Brodie always lived up to his bad-boy reputation, but as they work to save the little lives in their care, Caitlin starts to see Brodie in a whole new light! And it’s becoming clear that she might just be the woman to tame him... Views: 33
